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Spouses and cars may come and go, but the internet is where the true passion lies. Or at least that's how the overwhelming majority of respondents felt in a new survey by German broadband association Bitkom.
According to the study, a whopping 84 percent of respondents between the ages of 19 and 29 admitted they would rather give up their significant other or automobile rather than become untethered from the web. And don't even think about taking away those cell phones - all but 3 percent couldn't fathom going through their day-to-day routine without a mobile phone.
Just don't mistake the findings for social indifference, says Bitkom president August-Wilhelm Scheer. Out of the 1,000 people who participated in the survey, about half of them attributed web forums and internet communities to having made new friends. And 8 percent said they found a partner online
Apparently this whole internet thing might catch on after all.
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